Curtis Fuller brings his horn to Smoke in New York

In the early 1960s, drum maestro Art Blakey expanded his Jazz Messengers, adding trombonist Curtis Fuller to a front line that also boasted tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter and, alternately, trumpeters Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard. The post gave Fuller – already a solid jazzman who had recorded with John Coltrane and Bud Powell – major exposure for both his deft horn work and his memorable compositions, such as the splendid “Arabia” and “Alamode.”

Fuller, still packing plenty of punch at 74, appears tomorrow, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m., at Smoke Jazz Club and Lounge, 2751 Broadway at 106th Street, New York.